New Era

February 1990

Volume 20, Number 2

Contents

• Feedback
  Letters to the editor.

• The Message: Mushrooms, Music, Movies, and Magazines
  Elder Spencer J. Condie
  Like mushrooms, some entertainments are safe, others deadly.

• Mormonad: Differences Can Be Appealing

• Sure Is a Lovely Morning
  Tom Snyder
  Dad could remain cheerful in weather that would paralyze a penguin.

• We Love You
  Annette Tueller
  Mom and Dad came for lunch at the school cafeteria!

• An Inspired Wrong Turn
  Mark G. Eyre
  It led us to a blazing building and two trapped children.

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  Why do I sometimes have such strong urges to do what I shouldn’t and such weak desires to do what I should?

• El Club Benson
  Melvin Leavitt
  They’re united by love of the gospel, sports, and each other.

• The Idaho Spud Year
  Gail Andersen Newbold
  She tried to look like something she really wasn’t.

• Everyday Heroes: The Goalkeeper
  Lisa A. Johnson
  The pressure to play on the Sabbath was almost unbearable.

• Mormonisms

• The Forever Formula: Family=Friends=Fun
  Kendra Kasl Phair
  This family’s discovered an unbeatable blend.

• FYI: For Your Information
  Restaurants, royalty, readers, and weeders

• Scripture Lifeline: The Way of Wisdom
  Jill Hemming
  Saturday nights burned me out. Why not sleep in on Sunday?

• Fiction: Typhoon
  Nanette Larsen Dunford
  Finding inner peace amid the terror of a killer storm.

• Photo of the Month
  Anselm Spring

• Poetry: Wet Cookies
  Rachel Eastman